In fact, veterinary drugs are not terrible. Rational use of veterinary drugs in accordance with norms will not cause health hazards. The real danger is the abuse of veterinary drugs. Just as people often have headaches and brain fever, animals are inevitably sick. If it is not treated in time, it is likely to threaten animal health, affect product quality and safety, or break out a large-scale epidemic, even affecting human beings.

Moreover, veterinary drugs include not only diseases such as antibiotics and chemicals, but also vaccines, diagnostic products and disinfectants. Therefore, veterinary drugs are inevitable in the process of animal breeding. Generally speaking, veterinary drugs will undergo absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion in animals after administration. Most veterinary drugs will be excreted according to the standard metabolism, and the residual amount in the body is very small.

However, if veterinary drugs are abused, some drugs or their metabolites may remain in edible parts of animals such as meat, eggs and milk, resulting in serious veterinary drug residues. Long-term consumption of food with excessive veterinary drug residues may bring adverse effects to human body, such as allergic reaction, chronic toxicity, imbalance of gastric and intestinal flora, etc.

In order to curb the abuse of veterinary drugs, effectively ensure the production safety of aquaculture and the quality safety of livestock products, China established the National Expert Committee on the Control of Veterinary Drug Residues and Drug Resistance on 20 17, adhered to the regulatory measures of "producing good drugs, using less drugs and using good drugs", formulated and constantly improved relevant regulations and standards for veterinary drug management, and regularly formulated and implemented a monitoring plan for veterinary drug residues in animals and animal products, and randomly sampled veterinary drug residues in animal foods, and found that they were positive for exceeding the standard.

The national monitoring results of veterinary drug residues organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs show that in recent years, the overall situation of veterinary drug residues in animal products such as livestock and poultry in China is good, and the qualified rate of products can reach over 99%. Therefore, as long as you remember, buying animal food from formal channels and maintaining a diverse and balanced diet can greatly reduce the chance of exposure to veterinary drug residues, and you don't have to worry about "eating meat" to get "medicine".

Reference source: Will veterinary drug residues affect our health?